Hmmm.
To put it bluntly, I'll start by speaking shortly about the way the french media covered events until now - but I bet you can find the absolute same **** in all the EU. So this post is directed to people living in the EU - I'm letting the US and UK aside of course, De Gaulle didn't want the UK to integrate the EU for good reasons.
Watching tv, anyone most likely can notice there is a bias towards the ukrainian opposition, against the ukrainian government, and particularly against Russia.
Just to give you a little example, 2 days ago some french tv channel was giving some news related to that mess taking place on Maidan square in Kiev. The female journalist was interviewing some young ukrainian student, who basically was saying something like "on Maidan square there are students and other people carrying firearms, getting ready to attack the police".
I've got to see that news at tv one and only time.
And then, basta.
Didn't see the same news at tv a single time afterwards. The tv channel didn't show the same report any more, for the simple reason that news didn't fit the EU/western editorial line, most probably.
[Later, we'll get to hear about the freedom of the press in France
]
Such a thing shows how much the media falls into line with the government, its policy, its political decisions, and how much it's really not possible to present another point of view than what we can call "the official one".
Then, I bet absolutely all people have got to see how much all tv channels started plaguing everyone with a certain kind of infos - anti-Russia,
anti-Putin, trumpeting how much Ukraine needs its independence from Russia - but here, allow me to remind everyone of some important facts !
I really can't see why everyone is looking for engaging in the same aggressive and negative attitude the media is doing its best to give all people in Europe, so to force everyone in Europe to think the us of A's way, and to see Russia as Europe's worst enemy. Russia can very well be part of Europe, and such a Europe - I mean including Russia - may well be very desirable in fact, as such an alliance would allow the european union to get itself somewhat detached from the diktats of the united states of America. The EU would get as powerful as the united states of America, and that would allow the Euro to get more powerful too !
[french point of view there]
But it's not the point of view of the european union elites, in whose attitudes anyone can feel how much the actual ukrainian mess is nothing less than a revenge against Russia following what Russia has been able to do in the Middle East ; i.e. France did loose the battle there, and especially the syrian one that was kind of the main one. And then, we get to see those ukrainian events being used to settle our scores with Russia - it all started with that president of ours boycotting the opening of the olympic games in Sochi. Right afterwards, the media coverage - feeling free to call russian diplomatic directors every name under the sun at times - reported that despite all concessions given by the ukrainian president, he absolutely needs to resign.
And here again, I believe one needs to be very objective.
Winds of change are blowing in Ukraine these days, true. The country is kind of split in two, that's right. You can find those who believe in Russia and the help this country can bring them (and they're not wrong, as a matter of fact : Russia mentioned it's willing to give 15 billion dollars to Ukraine, lowered the gas price, and offered 2 more billion dollars some days ago to Ukraine to get it out of the crisis).
While on the other side, you can find the european dream - yet we still need to mention there's not much of an european dream in Ukraine actually : a part of the population is simply against Yanukovich, against the russian influence, and corruption. And I absolutely understand the point of view of those who live in western Ukraine. However, the european union is stuck in that bloody financial crisis currently, and didn't offer to give much to Ukraine on an economical point of view : the EU just said it's willing to let's say intercede with the opposition to strenghten democracy, or something like that.
And the serious question is : can you find some cold, hard cash on the negotiating table of the EU, that would get Ukraine out of the economical crisis ?
Very obviously, the answer is "no".
We have nothing at all. That is the european dream, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm willing to believe in that dream, you know, but there may well be another dream out there, one that could be a little brighter, the one to make Russia a part of Europe - and here I wish to remind everyone that Putin, when it comes to the missile defence shield that is supposed to be put up by NATO and the Americans, Putin made the suggestion to make it a joint project with Russia, as Russia could contribute to make it real.
In fact, what does the european union is seeking now ?
Nothing more than the US diktat : like Russia needs to be broken up, and isolated absolutely. Otherwise, a strong Russia being able to stand up to the us of A's interests can not be accepted. And so that's what we can see at tv everyday : a russian vision of Europe being independant and autonomous, and the other vision, a vision of Europe that never stops working in the interests of the united states of America, in order to bring Russia under the control of the united states of America and their policy.
I understand the american and english point of view on what's happening these days.
But if I'm not mistaken, there's also a good part of people living outside the US and UK in here. Didn't read everyone's message posted until now in this thread, I just read a few. And while reading them, I felt like I was at the saloon in
Once upon a time in the West, everyone being at the bar enjoying his beer, while many reload their guns and play with their spurs and all...
US geopolitics is fine, but you may come up to different conclusions if you try to see the situation from your own countries' point of view and interests, period. Use your brain instead of reading the bbc and times news, that's all I'm saying.
